The Musicians
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Lil Yachty, Tierra Whack, Jon Batiste, and Gucci Mane
Lil Yachty, Tierra Whack, Jon Batiste, and Gucci Mane
Jon Batiste and Gucci Mane during their conversation, which went deep on their creative processses, Southern roots, experiences shooting films, and wanting to make music for decades to come. Throughout, the pair fed off each other’s energy and ideas: “I feel like since we’ve been talking, I got beaucoup ideas already,” Batiste said.
Tierra Whack backstage
The crowd takes in the conversations
Batiste during his incredible solo-piano version of Gucci Mane’s “Lemonade”
Yachty broke out his phone to cue up new songs — one featuring a horn sample and a J. Cole verse, and one more new song where he and Tierra trade verses, with his low-key vibe and her energetic one making perfect sense. “You got balls,” Tierra told him before sharing a trailer for her new Hulu documentary Cypher to close out their half of the night. “So many men are afraid to get on a track with me.”
Batiste and Gucci backstage
The Musicians on Musicians event was sponsored by iHeart Radio. Tres Generaciones supplied tequila and speciality cocktails, while Ray Ban (see above) invited influencers and musicians like Blu DeTiger, Jerome Parker, and Harry Hill while giving hand-picked gift bags to talent
Rolling Stone CEO Gus Wenner with host J. Ivy
To cap off the night, Brooklyn rapper Lola Brooke took the stage to perform “You,” and “I AM LOLA,” a track from her latest album Dennis Daughter, which came out earlier in the day. Spitting for her home borough, Brooke closed out the night with fire.
Photographers Aijani Payne and Xavier Scott Marshall
Lola Brooke backstage
Yachty and Tierra with Rolling Stone Supervising Producer Delisa Shannon, who moderated their conversation
Producer Cash Cobain on the red carpet
New York rap legend Pharoahe Monch